U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Climbs to Six as Virus Spreads World-Wide

Four new deaths linked to the coronavirus have been reported in Washington state

President Trump, Vice President Pence and health officials held a news conference Saturday after Washington state health officials reported the country’s first coronavirus death. Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo

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Jennifer Calfas

Jim Carlton

Lucy Craymer

Washington state emerged as the U.S. center of a spreading coronavirus fight Monday, as state health officials reported four additional deaths there and 18 confirmed cases and multiple schools closed for disinfection.

The deaths—three women in their 70s or 80s linked to an outbreak at the Life Care Center nursing facility in Kirkland, Wash., and one man in his 40s from neighboring Snohomish County—brought the U.S. death toll to six. The viral infection has now claimed more than 3,000 lives around the world.